Cable Shoulder Press

What it is

This compound movement uses cables to build strength in your upper body. It primarily works your shoulders, while also engaging your triceps. You'll press handles directly overhead, effectively targeting these muscle groups.

Technique tips

• Ensure cables are set to their lowest point.
• Keep your head and chest up throughout the press.
• Engage your core to maintain a stable torso.
• Press the handles directly overhead with full extension.
• Control the handles as you lower them to the start.
• Exhale as you press the weights overhead.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.